Henry Cole
SIR HENRY COLE (15 July 1808 – 18 April 1882) was a British civil
servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and
education in 19th century in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland . Cole is credited with devising the concept of sending
greetings cards at Christmas time, introducing the world's first
commercial
Christmas card in 1843. CONTENTS * 1 Biography
* 2 Felix Summerly pseudonym
* 3 Cole and the exhibitions
* 4 Museums
* 5 Honours and legacy
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading
* 8 External links BIOGRAPHY The world's first commercially produced
Christmas card , made by
Henry ColeHenry Cole 1843.
Henry ColeHenry Cole was born in Bath the son of Captain Henry Robert Cole,
then of the
1st Dragoon Guards , and his wife Lætitia Dormer
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Mintons Ltd
MINTONS was a major ceramics manufacturing company, originated with
Thomas Minton (1765–1836) the founder of "
Thomas Minton and Sons",
who established his pottery factory in
Stoke-upon-TrentStoke-upon-Trent ,
Staffordshire, England, in 1793, producing earthenware . He formed a
partnership, Minton "> A Minton encaustic tile floor at the United
States Capitol . Minton coloured lead glazes
Palissy ware later
called 'majolica', catalogued as 'Flower pot' 1851 Great Exhibition
Vase with a bleu celeste ground, modelled after a Sèvres design,
about 1855, Minton & Co. (V&A Museum no. 4323&A-1857) Early
MintonsMintons products were mostly standard domestic tableware in
blue transfer printed or painted earthenware, including the ever
popular
Willow pattern . From c1798 production included bone china
from his partner Joseph Poulson's near-by china pottery
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Children's Book
CHILDREN\'S LITERATURE or JUVENILE LITERATURE includes stories,
books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children. Modern
children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or
the intended age of the reader.
Children's literatureChildren's literature can be traced to stories and songs, part of a
wider oral tradition , that adults shared with children before
publishing existed. The development of early children's literature,
before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after
printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were
originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger
audience. Since the 15th century, a large quantity of literature,
often with a moral or religious message, has been aimed specifically
at children
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Penny Post
The PENNY POST is any one of several postal systems in which normal
letters could be sent for one penny . Five such schemes existed in the
United Kingdom while the
United StatesUnited States initiated at least three such
simple fixed rate postal arrangements
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Rowland Hill (postal Reformer)
SIR ROWLAND HILL, KCB , FRS (3 December 1795 – 27 August 1879) was
an English teacher, inventor and social reformer . He campaigned for a
comprehensive reform of the postal system , based on the concept of
Uniform Penny Post and his solution of prepayment, facilitating the
safe, speedy and cheap transfer of letters. Hill later served as a
government postal official, and he is usually credited with
originating the basic concepts of the modern postal service ,
including the invention of the postage stamp . CONTENTS* 1 Early life * 1.1 Educational reform
* 1.2 Colonisation of South Australia * 2 Postal reform
* 3 Later life * 4 Legacy and commemorations * 4.1 Philatelic commemorations * 5 See also * 6 References * 6.1 Notes
* 6.2 Sources * 7 External links EARLY LIFEHill was born in Blackwell Street,
KidderminsterKidderminster ,
WorcestershireWorcestershire ,
England
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Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale
HENRY BICKERSTETH, 1ST BARON LANGDALE, PC (18 June 1783 – 18 April
1851) was an English law reformer and
Master of the Rolls . CONTENTS * 1 Life
* 2 Family
* 3 References
* 4 Sources
* 5 External links LIFEHe was born on 18 June 1783 at
Kirkby Lonsdale , three years before
his brother Edward Bickersteth . By the advice of his uncle, Dr. Robert Batty , in October 1801, he
went to Edinburgh to pursue his medical studies, and in the following
year was called home to take his father's practice in his temporary
absence. Disliking the idea of settling down in the country as a
general practitioner, young Bickersteth determined to become a London
physician. With a view to obtaining a medical degree, on 22 June 1802
his name was entered in the books of Gonville and Caius College,
Cambridge , and, on 27 October in the same year, he was elected a
scholar on the Hewitt foundation
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Fetter Lane
FETTER LANE is a street in the ward of
Farringdon Without in the City
of London . It forms part of the A4 road and runs between Fleet Street
at its southern end and NEW FETTER LANE, which continues north towards
Holborn CircusHolborn Circus . HISTORYThe earliest mention of the street is "Faitereslane" in 1312. The
name occurs with several spellings until it settles around 1612. There
is no complete agreement about the origin of the name, but theories
include: "Feuterer-lane" (feuterer = a keeper of dogs) and
Fewtor/Faitour (a worthless fellow). At the southern end, towards
Fleet Street, is situated Clifford\'s Inn , established in 1345.
Towards the northern end, near
Holborn , is Barnard\'s Inn . They were
both
Inns of Chancery . The official address of the old Public Record
Office (1856–1997) was on
Chancery Lane , but the back of this
building dominates the southern stretch of Fetter Lane
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Reynard The Fox
REYNARD (Dutch : Reinaert; French : Renard; German : Reineke or
Reinicke;
Latin : Renartus) is the main character in a literary cycle
of allegorical Dutch , English , French and German fables . Those
stories are largely concerned with Reynard, an anthropomorphic red fox
and trickster figure. His adventures usually involve him deceiving
other anthropomorphic animals for his own advantage or trying to avoid
retaliations from them. His main enemy and victim across the cycle is
his uncle, the wolf Isengrim (or Ysengrim). While the character of
Reynard appears in later works, the core stories were written during
the Middle Ages by multiple authors and are often seen as parodies of
medieval literature such as courtly love stories and chansons de geste
, as well as a satire of political and religious institutions
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Royal College Of Art
The ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART or RCA is a public research university in
LondonLondon , in the United Kingdom. It offers postgraduate degrees in art
and design to students from over 60 countries; it is the only
entirely postgraduate art and design university in the world. :118 In
the 2017
QS World University RankingsQS World University Rankings by Subject, the RCA was placed
first in the
ArtArt and
DesignDesign subject area. CONTENTS * 1 History
* 2 Campuses
* 3 Courses
* 4 Rankings
* 5 Alumni
* 6 Awards and prizes
* 7 References
* 8 Further reading HISTORYThe RCA was founded in
Somerset HouseSomerset House in 1837 as the GOVERNMENT
SCHOOL OF DESIGN or METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN. Richard Burchett
became head of the school in 1852
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Royal Society Of Arts
THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND
COMMERCE (RSA) is a
LondonLondon -based, British organisation committed to
finding practical solutions to social challenges. Founded in 1754 by
William ShipleyWilliam Shipley as the SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS,
MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCE, it was granted a
Royal CharterRoyal Charter in 1847, and
the right to use the term Royal in its name by King Edward VII in
1908. The shorter version, THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS and the related
RSA acronym, are used more frequently than the full name
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Albert, Prince Consort
PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE-COBURG AND GOTHA (Francis Albert Augustus
Charles Emmanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the
husband and consort of
Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria . He was born in the Saxon duchy of
Saxe-Coburg-SaalfeldSaxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , to a family
connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. At the age of 20, he
married his first cousin, Queen Victoria; they had nine children.
Initially he felt constrained by his role of consort, which did not
afford him any power or responsibilities, but gradually developed a
reputation for supporting many public causes, such as educational
reform and the abolition of slavery worldwide, and was entrusted with
running the Queen's household , office and estates. He was heavily
involved with the organisation of the
Great Exhibition of 1851 , which
was a resounding success. Victoria came to depend more and more on his support and guidance
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